Pelicans are cool!I went fishing at my uncles house in Florida and a pelican stole a fish right off the end of someone's line as they were pulling it onto the dock and flew away. It was freaking hilarious!!! Maybe the team will get more steals now?

tzor wrote:Clearly he doesn't understand Pelicans. Having lived in the Florida Keys, I know them quite well.

They are sort of like flying deer ... in that if they fly into your car ... your car is going to be severely damaged.

And in full flight, they are a thing to behold. I saw a bunch of them flying at full speed while on the seven mile bridge looking like Klingon Warships in formation.

I'm not sure how you image them to the game of basketball. They are not known for their jumping. They are not known for being graceful.

I could see them in hockey. Those poor penguins won't have a chance against a collision with a pelican.

The hippopotamus is a fucking TANK. They're huge, they're mean, they are badass. You get hit by a hippopotamus, you won't know it for long, because your ass will be DEAD in a second. Really, what's going to stop a hippopotamus? You think a Chicago Bull wants to tangle with that beast? No, Bulls will be running. Bobcat? Hippopotamus will sit on that stupid little cat. Nothing can stop a hippopotamus.

But seriously, calling a team The Hippos would be idiotic. I don't care that the animal is sweet, huge, and badass, if it's a bad name, it's a bad name!

tzor wrote:Clearly he doesn't understand Pelicans. Having lived in the Florida Keys, I know them quite well.

They are sort of like flying deer ... in that if they fly into your car ... your car is going to be severely damaged.

And in full flight, they are a thing to behold. I saw a bunch of them flying at full speed while on the seven mile bridge looking like Klingon Warships in formation.

I'm not sure how you image them to the game of basketball. They are not known for their jumping. They are not known for being graceful.

I could see them in hockey. Those poor penguins won't have a chance against a collision with a pelican.

The hippopotamus is a fucking TANK. They're huge, they're mean, they are badass. You get hit by a hippopotamus, you won't know it for long, because your ass will be DEAD in a second. Really, what's going to stop a hippopotamus? You think a Chicago Bull wants to tangle with that beast? No, Bulls will be running. Bobcat? Hippopotamus will sit on that stupid little cat. Nothing can stop a hippopotamus.

But seriously, calling a team The Hippos would be idiotic. I don't care that the animal is sweet, huge, and badass, if it's a bad name, it's a bad name!

The hippo is hardly sweet. I heard they're the second most dangerous animal in Africa, behind the mosquito.

DoomYoshi wrote:In Ontario, we have a team called the Peterborough Petes. I think that is worse than Pelicans.

Minor league teams are meant to have bad names. I approve of the Petes.

DoomYoshi wrote:Also, there are tons of other bad names.

No shit Sherlock. This thread isn't about all the horrifically bad names in sports, it's about the New Orleans Hornets rebranding themselves as the New Orleans Pelicans, and my opinion that "Pelicans" is a bad name for a professional sports team.

DoomYoshi wrote:Serbia just doesn't like sports and never thought of these.

Serbia wrote:The hippopotamus is a fucking TANK. They're huge, they're mean, they are badass. You get hit by a hippopotamus, you won't know it for long, because your ass will be DEAD in a second. Really, what's going to stop a hippopotamus? You think a Chicago Bull wants to tangle with that beast? No, Bulls will be running. Bobcat? Hippopotamus will sit on that stupid little cat. Nothing can stop a hippopotamus.

But seriously, calling a team The Hippos would be idiotic. I don't care that the animal is sweet, huge, and badass, if it's a bad name, it's a bad name!

They would be good for a running based football team. Have you ever seen the offensive line lately? They all look like hippos!

The problem is, ironically, the Fantasia effect. Hippos are forever linked to the world of ballet.